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  • How to use the GHG Calculator Tool for Municipal Projects

    Emi Do

    How can municipal staff coordinate emissions reductions across all departments and all operational decisions? The GHG Calculator for Municipalities is a free tool that municipal staff can use to understand the climate impact of their decisions.

  • How Your Municipality Can Start Using a Carbon Budget Framework Today

    Emi Do

    A carbon budget framework transforms an aspirational net-zero emissions target into near-term, actionable milestones. With free and accessible resources, municipalities can get started on their own carbon budget framework.

  • Introduction to Carbon Budgets

    Emi Do

    We set financial budgets to manage fiscal resources. Why not do the same for greenhouse gas emissions? Carbon budget frameworks can empower cities to stay on track and deliver on their climate action goals.

  • Montreal Commits to Climate Budget

    Alia Dharssi

    For the first time, Montreal’s municipal budget includes a carbon budget—a cumulative cap on Montreal’s emissions out to 2050. By requiring City Council and staff to consider climate change in all investment decisions, the budget has the potential to push climate action forward while reducing spending decisions that increase climate pollution.

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    What Happens Now That Edmonton Didn’t Meet its Carbon Budget?

    Emi Do

    On November 3, 2022, the City of Edmonton released the first municipal carbon budget report in Canada. The report indicated that Edmonton is set to blow past its carbon budget of 176 million tonnes by 2037 and fall short of its target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.  Though this news is alarming, it’s promisingContinue…

  • Webinar: Carbon Accounting Frameworks With the City of Edmonton

    SSG

    On October 22, Yuill Herbert and the City of Edmonton’s Abhishek Chakraborti teamed up to deliver a presentation on developing carbon accounting frameworks to manage GHG emissions at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Sustainable Communities Conference.

  • 5 Reasons Every City Needs a Carbon Budget

    SSG

    Developed in Oslo in 2016, the carbon budget (a.k.a climate budget) responds to the climate crisis in a manner similar to a city budget—by setting an overall budget for how much greenhouse gas the city can emit. Ever. It is a critical tool for bold climate action.